How far can a little girl fall - Terry Kelly
Written by: Ron Hynes
Posted by: Steve Cater

DShe (xx0232@1)laid her head on the bar

Watching tiny little stars
	G (320003@1)     DDance (xx0232@1)around in front of her eyes

And he cried on her shoulder

As he sat there and told her
Bm (x24432@1)	A (x02220@1)  GSad (320003@1)stories and pretty white lies
	D (xx0232@1)
And if not for that one indiscretion
		      GIt (320003@1)would have been an uneventful day
   Bm (x24432@1)       AIf (x02220@1)not for that single obsession
	     G (320003@1)	  AThings (x02220@1)would never have gone that way
	    G (320003@1)	   ABut (x02220@1)she had one last drink and she didn't think twice
   D (xx0232@1)	    GIn (320003@1)fact she didn't think at all
G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)	  DMy, (xx0232@1)my, How far can a little girl fall?

DThey (xx0232@1)walked out of the bar

She climbed into his car
	G (320003@1)		DAnd (xx0232@1)they drove to somewhere deep in the night
	  DWhere (xx0232@1)she slipped off her ring

And the rest of her things
	Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1) GAnd (320003@1)he switched off the tiny dome light
				      AShe (x02220@1)fell back in his arms without the slightest alarm
	   D (xx0232@1)	    GForgetting (320003@1)everything her mama once said
    Bm (x24432@1)	     AAnd (x02220@1)just for a moment in the back of her mind
	G (320003@1)	    AA (x02220@1)tiny picture come and went in her head
	 G (320003@1)	AOh (x02220@1)she remembered a man who was waiting at home
      D (xx0232@1)	      GAnd (320003@1)a baby barely learning to crawl
G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)	  DMy, (xx0232@1)my, How far can a little girl fall?

Bm (x24432@1)	AAt (x02220@1)six fifteen the baby woke up at home
	G (320003@1)	DAnd (xx0232@1)the crying shook her daddy awake
     Bm (x24432@1)	 AAt (x02220@1)a quarter to seven he made the decision
   G (320003@1)	      A (x02220@1)  BHe (x2444x@1)thought he'd never have to make

EThen (022100@1)at eight forty-five that girl came back to life
       A (x02220@1)    EIn (022100@1)the back seat of a fancy car
     ETo (022100@1)a world of disgrace and a smile on the face
	C#m (x13321@4) 	B (x2444x@1)AOf (x02220@1)some stranger from a downtown bar
   A (x02220@1)	    BAt (x2444x@1)nine o'clock she put the key in the lock
	E (022100@1)  AJust (x02220@1)a little too late to explain
	     C#m (x13321@4) 			BBut (x2444x@1)she took one minute more before she opened the door
	 A (x02220@1)BShe (x2444x@1)went over her story again
	 A (x02220@1)	     BWell (x2444x@1)the child and the man were both long long gone
	E (022100@1)		AAnd (x02220@1)the note said "Goodbye" and that's all
A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)	  EMy, (022100@1)my, How far can a little girl fall?
	   A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)	  EOh-O-O-Oh (022100@1) My, my, How far can a little girl fall?